Dune HD Lite 53D

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Changes since 150404_0032_b9:

- Bugfix: Weather widget could show wrong temperature in some cases.
- Bugfix: After returning from playback to a folder with GUI customization
(using dune_folder.txt), in specific cases, a wrong GUI state could be
shown.
- Bugfix: In some rare cases, when when playing a MPEG-TS stream from
multicast or DVB source, playback could crash.
- Bugfix: In specific cases, when switching between different MPEG-TS
streams for a long time, playback could crash.
- Bugfix: For models with DVB-C tuner: DVB-C default modulation mode was
set to incorrect value.
- Bugfix: For base3d2 and tv303d2 models: stability problems could take
place in some cases.
- Bugfix: SDK: when creating too many scheduled recordings, the application
could crash in some cases.
- Bugfix: SDK: in HTML applications, an attempt to modify the callback
function from JS callback handler could lead to application hangup.

Changes since 150227_0032_b9:

- The function of formatting a HDD into NTFS filesystem now does not have
HDD capacity limitations and can be used with huge HDDs.
- When a HDD with an EFI system partition is attached, the EFI system
partition is now not shown in the GUI.
- SDK: added new firmware customization possibility: custom firmware may now
use a custom value of signer_id for signed plugins. See more information
in SDK documentation.
- Bugfix: AC3 or DTS audio could be played wrongly in specific rare cases.
- Bugfix: Custom folders based on dune_folder.txt mechanism could be
rendered in a wrong way in specific cases, when an old behavior of
dune_folder.txt mechanism was expected.
- Bugfix: PHP plugins: FWD and REW RC buttons did not work as expected in
some cases.
- Bugfix: GUI could crash in some specific rare cases when icon archive
feature was used.
- Bugfix: when playing very high-bitrate lossless audio files (FLAC,
Wavpack) from an SMB network share, stuttering could take place in some
cases.
- Bugfix: playback of MPEG-TS stream containing a lot of errors could lead
to playback crash in some rare specific cases.
- Added new "adaptive+" deinterlacing mode, which should work better than
the old "adaptive" mode on specific video content.
- Bugfix: when playing a media_url with "dune_params" extra parameters,
playback recovering from a network fault could be handled wrongly in some
cases.
- Bugfix: when playing HLS (and some other MPEG-TS based) content, audio
track switching could work wrongly in some cases.
- Bugfix: for models which do not support full power-off: a request to do
power-off could be handled wrongly in some cases.
- Hungarian UI translation updated.

Changes since 120608_1420_beta:

- Improvements for DVB-T: some fixes for Hungarian DVB-T; updated DVB-T
tables for some other countries.
- Updated UI translations for some languages (chinese, estonian, hebrew,
hungarian, italian, swedish).
- Added showing of software license information on the first player boot.
- media_url: added 'deint_mode' parameter for playback URLs (possible
values: 'off', 'adaptive', 'bob').
- More details: http://dune-hd.com/support/misc/media_url.txt
- Added immediate visual feedback when the player handles standby or
power-off request: the LED on the front panel blinks once.
- Some minor fixes in the PHP plugin mechanism (note: no changes in API).
- Bugfix: framerate detection could work wrongly for MP4 content in some
cases.
- Bugfix: 'rutube' application could not work in some cases.
- Bugfix: when using old RC without "REC" button, it was impossible to
start recording of IPTV stream (the problem appeared in previous firmware
versions).
- Bugfix: dynamic range control feature worked wrongly when playing files
with TrueHD audio tracks.
- Bugfix: HLS streams could start very slowly in some specific cases
(MPEG-TS with specific PMT).
- Bugfix: playback of RTSP streams could cause problems with subsequent
playback of MPEG-TS content.
- Bugfix: pause function could cause crash in some cases.
- Bugfix: playback of MKA files could cause crash in some cases.
- Bugfix: some keys on Dune HD Qwerty keyboard did not work in some cases.
- Bugfix: when entering IP address, the use of leading '0' caused the
entered number to be treated as octal number rather than decimal.

Changes since 120531_2200_beta:

NOTE: This firmware version does not include the new application
archtiecture introduced in 120531_2201_beta. The equivalent firmware
version with the new application architecture is 120608_1421_beta.
- media_url: added 'osd_size' parameter for www:// URLs.
- More details: http://dune-hd.com/support/misc/media_url.txt
- Bugfix: playback of some MP4 content could cause crash.
- Bugfix: when playing MP4 files, exiting trickplay modes (e.g. fast
forward) could work wrongly.
- Bugfix: GUI skin switching using "B" RC button could work wrongly in some
cases.
- Some minor fixes in the PHP plugin mechanism (note: no changes in API).
- Other minor fixes.

Changes since 120202_1544_beta:

NOTE: This is a minor update to 120202_1544_beta.
* Initial video mode setup wizard improvements: EDID information from TV
is now taken into account to automatically suggest the optimal HDMI mode.
Default mode is NTSC instead of PAL.
* Minor improvements related to the support for big and small Dune remote
controls in different Dune HD models.
* Bugfix: false IR signals were detected in some cases.
* Bugfix: playback of files from some huge (>2TB) HDD models did not
work.
* Bugfix: formatting HDD partition did not assign proper filesystem type
in some cases.
* Minor other improvements and fixes.

Changes since 120127_2115:

NOTE: Includes also all changes from 120127_2115 (see below).
* Added "Soft Reset" function:
- Now the "Reset Settings" function proposes two choices: full reset to
factory defaults (the same as took place in previous firmware
versions), and so called "soft reset".
- The soft reset clears the settings only partially and is more
convenient in cases when the user does not need full factory reset.
- The following things are cleared by the soft reset:
- All settings from Setup menu.
- All plugins settings.
- All cached data and data stored by the player for its own needs.
- All bookmarks (remembered playback positions).
- The following things (which may be hard to reconfigure from the
scratch) are kept by the soft reset:
- All configured network folders.
- All favorites configured in the main menu.
- All installed plugins.
* Improvements for the users of big remote controls:
- Added the setting allowing to choose the behavior POP UP MENU RC
button: toggle playlist/TV menu (as took place in previous firmware
versions), or toggle the new functions menu (introduced in the latest
firmware version) (this is the default behavior). The old behavior
(toggle playlist/TV menu) can be convenient for the users used to it.
Enabling the old behavior makes the functions menu unavailable (and
thus it may be reasonable only for users of big remote controls, which
have dedicated buttons allowing to trigger various playback functions
w/o the need to use the functions menu). The setting: 'Playback /
Preferences / POP UP MENU button'.
- On the models which are shipped by default with big remote control,
LEFT/RIGHT RC buttons during playback now trigger the time seek
function (as took place in previous firmware versions), rather then
the volume function (as was introduced in the latest firmware verion).
* Tvigle.ru application improvements:
- Added setting allowing to manually control if the application is shown
or not on the main screen: 'Setup / Applications / Tvigle / Shown on
the main screen'.
* Kartina.TV application removed from the set of preinstalled applications
by demand of the Kartina.TV company.
* Minor other improvements and fixes.
NOTE: Includes also all changes from 120127_2115 (see below).

Changes since 110923_1710:

NOTE: Includes also all changes from 110923_1710 (see below).
* Dune HD Lite 53D now also supports the following features:
- Web Browser.
- FhashLite apps.
- "IVI.ru" service.
- NOTE: asian fonts are now an optional firmware component on this
player model.
* Playback improvements:
- Bugfix: POWER RC button did not work correctly during Blu-ray Lite
playback.
- Bugfix: time-seeks in AVI files muxed with OpenDML structure were very
slow when playing from network.
- Bugfix: IPTV (UDP multicast and HTTP/TS) could not work properly on Dune
HD Lite 53D if H.264 was used.
* Various fixes and improvements.
- A new boot splash picture.
- Minor improvements and fixes for Kartina.TV and Tvigle applications.
- Minor improvements and fixes for GUI skins handling.
- Minor fixes for some recently introduced features and changes in
dune_folder.txt mechanism and related functionality.
- DHCP support improvement: "client id" sent by the player to DHCP server
is reverted back from a non-standard value (introduced in the previous
firmware version) to the standard value (0x01 followed by MAC-address).
- Bugfix: WiFi scan produced no results in some cases. Also, added a button
allowing to easily restart WiFi scan.
- Some menu languages updated/improved.
- Some other minor fixes.
* Added emergency settings reset function. In order to use it: put
"dune_boot_reset_settings.flag" file into the root of the only USB flash
drive connected to the player, then the player will reset settings during
boot.
* IP Control API extensions.
- Protocol version changed to 2.
- Improved reporting of current state during playback of IPTV streams.
- Added information about available audiotracks during playback.
- Added the possibility to configure the following playback parameters
(via "set_playback_state"):
- video_enabled
- video_zoom
- video_fullscreen
- video_x
- video_y
- video_width
- video_height
- volume
- mute
* Additional features and API changes in the mechanism for the integration
of IPTV/VOD services.

Changes since 110511_2007_beta:

* Bugfix: Weather application settings did not work in some cases.
* Bugfix: Specific DVD-Video discs could not be played correctly.
* Bugfix: NTSC/PAL detection could be handled wrongly during DVD-Video
playback.
* Bugfix: Wrong audio channel could be chosen when switching channels
during MPEG2-TS/IPTV playback.
* Bugfix: Playback of video streams from network could hang in specific
rare cases.
* Some interface languages updated.
* Some other improvements/fixes.

Changes since 110225_1222:

* Completely new graphical interface.
- New background image, new icons, more advanced graphics for all GUI
elements (glasses, dialogs, controls, OSD, etc).
- Animation effects.
- NOTE: it is recomended to use 50/60Hz video mode as the default
video mode in order to ensure smooth animation.
- NOTE: animation effects can be disabled in Setup / Appearance.
- Improved text look.
- The space between characters and the width of whitespace character
optimized.
- Ability to create and install custom GUI skins.
- More information: http://dune-hd.com/support/skins
- Ability to switch GUI skins on-the-fly.
- GUI skins can be switched via the setting "Setup / Appearance /
Skin", or via "B" RC button on the main screen (and also via "ZOOM"
RC button on any screen).
- Several GUI skins are included into the firmware.
* New tab-based main menu interface.
- All items from the main menu are now grouped into the
following top-level folders:
- "Sources": locally attached storage devices, configured network
folders, and "Network Browser" function.
- "TV": TV services (when available).
- "Favorites": shortcuts to favorite items (previously
known as "items added to main screen").
- "Applications": all other applications and services.
- "Setup": player settings.
- By default, all top-level folders are now represented as "tabs" at the
top of the screen.
- In Setup / Appearance, the user can switch between the following
styles of the main menu:
- "Tabs": the new default menu style ("tabs" at the top of the
screen).
- "Folders": show all top-level folders as regular folders in
the main area.
- "Plain": do not group main screen items into folders (the
same behavior as in previous firmware versions).
* Added widget for showing weather and current date/time information.
- The widget is shown at the top right corner of the screen (in the main
menu only, not during playback).
- The widget can be configured or disabled via "Setup / Applications /
Widget".
- NOTE: When no information is available (e.g. when Internet connection
is not available), the widget shows Dune HD logo.
* Various other user interface improvements.
- Added more predefined icon-based view modes for folders: 3x2, 3x3,
4x2, view modes with right panel.
- "Extended list" view mode is renamed to "List with right panel".
- Added the ability to quickly switch between view modes by pressing "A"
RC button.
- Debug dump function (which was previously available via triple
press of "A" RC button) is now available via tripple press of
"PAUSE" RC button.
- "Add to favorites" function can be quickly called by "D" RC button.
- "Copy" and "Paste" functions can be quickly called by "B" and "C" RC
buttons.
- The help line at the bottom of the screen indicates currently
available shortcut RC buttons ("A", "B", "C", "D", "POP UP") and their
functions.
- When launching the playback, "ENTER" RC button now works as "PLAY" by
default, i.e. builds a playlist consisting of all items in the current
folder and starts the playback of the currently selected item.
Usually, this improves the conveniency when the folder contains
multiple items (e.g. photos, music files, series, links to Internet
radio stations, links to TV channels, etc). The old behavior (do not
build the playlist, play just the selected item) can be restored via
settings (see "Setup / Advanced / File Browser").
- The current folder path at the top of the screen is now always shown
as just single line (with scrolling when the path is too long).
- Bugfix: "TOP MENU" RC button did not work in some Setup screens.
* Added support for CUE-sheet playlist files.
- When playing an audio file, is there is an associated CUE-sheet file
(should have the same filename as the audio file, but with ".cue"
extension), the CUE-sheet file is automatically used.
- "PREV"/"NEXT" RC buttons allow to switch between tracks.
- The OSD menu ("POP UP MENU" RC button) allows to see the list of
tracks and switch to the desired track.
- When the playlist contains multiple audio files, CUE-sheet files are
also detected and used for each audio file (the detection is performed
when an audio file starts to play for the first time). The OSD menu
groups all tracks by the corresponding files.
- Also added support for built-in CUE-sheets in FLAC, APE and WavPack
files.
* Added support for chapters in MKV files.
- "PREV"/"NEXT" RC buttons allow to switch between chapters.
- The OSD menu ("POP UP MENU" RC button) allows to see the list of
chapters and switch to the desired chapter.
- When the playlist contains multiple MKV files, chapters are also
detected and used for each MKV file (the detection is performed when a
MKV file starts to play for the first time). The OSD menu groups all
chapters by the corresponding files.
* New version of DVD engine.
- The new version of the DVD engine adds the support for multiangle
feature and improves the support for DVD-Video discs with advanced
DVD-menu and interactive features.
- If needed, the old version of the DVD engine may be chosen via Setup /
Miscellaneous / System / DVD engine.
* Added settings for preferred languages of disc menu, audio track,
subtitles.
- See "Setup / Playback / Language".
- Supported for BD/DVD-Video discs/images and files.
- NOTE: The default value of these language settings is "English". So,
if there are several audio or subtitles tracks and the "English" one
is not the first one, it will be automatically chosen (instead of
choosing the first track, as it took place previously).
- Also added a new setting (see "Setup / Playback / Subtitles") which
allows to enable subtitles by default not only for files, but also for
DVD-Video discs/images.
* Various playback improvements.
- General improvements for playback of HTTP audio streams (such as
Internet radio stations).
- CD audio playback improvements: faster startup and gapless playback.
- Improvement: for autoframerate function, non-standard framerates
between 23.976Hz and 24Hz are now treated as 23.976Hz (rather than
24hz).
- Bugfix: Viewing photos from a UPnP source did not work (the problem
introduced in previous firmware versions).
- Bugfix: Unsupported REW (fast rewind) command for TS files was wrongly
handled as fast forward rather than ignored.
- Bugfix: Playlist shuffle function could use an already previously used
random sequence in some cases.
- Bugfix: MP3 files with very large embedded covers could not be played.
- Bugfix: MP3 files with specific ID3 tags could not be played.
- Bugfix: ".mts" files were wrongly handled as audio files.
- Bugfix: Pausing M4A files could cause playback stop in some cases.
- Bugfix: .M3U/.PLS playlist files with "UTF8 BOM" header could not be
played.
- Bugfix: specific TS files (such as specific broadcast recordings)
could be played wrongly or with pause/seek not working.
- Bugfix: specific MKV files could not be played.
* Improved handling of RC buttons during playback.
- "PREV" RC button now navigates through the history of the previously
played playlist items only in the shuffle playback mode and only after
normal transitions (selecting an item in the playlist and manually
jumping to it resets the history).
- "TOP MENU" RC button now allows to go to the main screen also from
file playback mode.
* Added HD audio (EAC3, DTS HD HRA) bitstreaming support.
- By default, this support is disabled. To enable it, change the setting
"Setup / Audio / Digital audio connector" from "S/PDIF" to "HDMI".
- When "Digital audio connector" is set to "S/PDIF": EAC3 and DTS HD HRA
audio tracks are output to both S/PDIF and HDMI as DD-core and
DTS-core.
- When "Digital audio connector" is set to "HDMI": EAC3 and DTS HD HRA
audio tracks are output to HDMI as is, and nothing is output to
S/PDIF (hardware limitation).
- NOTE: bitstreaming Dolby True HD and DTS HD MA is not supported
(hardware limitation).
* Improved output of DTS-CD audio streams.
- Removed 14-bit to 16-bit conversion, which is undesired in some cases.
- Added the new setting "Setup / Audio / DTS CD audio conversion", which
allows to revert back the old behavior (enable 14-bit to 16-bit
conversion) when needed.
* DVB-T related improvements.
- Usability improvement: when watching DVB-T channels, "ENTER" RC button
opens the list of DVB-T channels (as "POP UP MENU" RC button).
- Bugfix: DVB-T playback did not work in some cases.
* Added "SHOUTCast" and "RadioTime" applications (free access to thousands
of local and world-side Internet radio stations).
* Added "Russia.ru" application (free access to "Russia.ru" Internet video
service).
* A lot of new features and improvements for "Kartina.TV" application.
- Integrated the new "Videoteka" function based on the new "Dune VOD"
mechanism (planned to be used for other VOD services as well).
- Movies can be filtered by categories (including filtering by
multiple categories).
- Movies can be searched by title (with on-screen virtual keyboard).
- When browsing the list of movies, different view modes can be
switched.
- Detailed movie information can be shown.
- Movies with series are supported (including series selection before
and durign movie playback).
- "Dune TV" mechanism improvements:
- Added the possibility to switch different view modes when browsing
the list of TV channels.
- Added hints about the possibilities to use "B", "C", "D" RC buttons
to manage favorite TV channels.
- Added automatic resuming of TV playback after power-off/power-on.
- Added remembering the last played TV channel. When resuming TV
playback (automatically after power-off/power-on, or when entering
the application via "PLAY" RC button), the remembered TV channel is
restored.
- Added showing not only date, but also week day in the EPG menu.
- Increased the font size in the EPG menu; added a new setting
allowing to change the font size in the EPG menu.
- Added support for "Low Bitrate" channels.
- Improved handling of "Time Shift" function in some cases.
- Added "0.5 seconds" buffering option (for people with very good
Internet connection).
- Improved the stability and performance of the communication with
servers.
- Added waiting for the IP address when attempting to start the
application when the IP address is not assigned yet.
* Added new possibilities for UI customization and authors of
applications based on "dune_folder.txt" mechanism.
- Added new dune_folder.txt parameters:
- Animation:
- animation_enabled = yes|no (default is yes)
- Overall item layout:
- item_layout = center|left|right (default is center)
- Badge-based icons:
- paint_icon_badge_box = yes|no
- icon_badge_box_dx = N
- icon_badge_box_dy = N
- icon_badge_box_height = N
- icon_badge_box_width = N
- Selection frame visualization:
- icon_selection_box_dx = N
- icon_selection_box_dy = N
- icon_selection_box_height = N
- icon_selection_box_width = N
- Icon visualization:
- icon_margin_bottom = N
- icon_margin_left = N
- icon_margin_right = N
- icon_margin_top = N
- icon_sel_margin_bottom = N
- icon_sel_margin_left = N
- icon_sel_margin_right = N
- icon_sel_margin_top = N
- Caption visualization:
- item_caption_dy = N
- item_caption_sel_dy = N
- item_caption_width = N
- item_caption_wrap_enabled = yes|no (default is no)
- Item details visualization (in the right panel):
- zoom_detailed_icon = yes|no (default is no)
- paint_item_info_in_details = yes|no (default is yes)
- item_detailed_info = TEXT
- item_detailed_info_font_size = normal|small (default is normal)
- item_detailed_info_rel_y = N
- Marks visualization:
- mark_scale_factor = N.N
- Small icon type (for list view):
- folder_small_icon_name = {small_icon_name}
- item_small_icon_name = {small_icon_name}
- Here, {small_icon_name} can be:
- video_file|audio_file|image_file|folder|disc_folder
- Added a new kind of media_url: "http://audio_stream://...". Enables a
special handling of the HTTP URLs, which is often useful when playing
audio streams (such as Internet radio streams).
- Bugfix: relative paths did not work properly when used with virtual
items in dune_folder.txt.
- When the player communicates with an external application via
"dune_http://" protocol, the application now can determine various
information about the player (product id, firmware version, serial
number, current interface language) using "X-Dune-..." headers in HTTP
requests. Also, a specific "User-Agent" is now used in HTTP requests.
* Network setup improvements.
- Usability improvement: when submitting network settings, "Waiting for
IP address" popup window is shown and the system waits for the IP
address to be assigned.
- Bugfix: "Auto + manual DNS" network configuration mode could not work
properly in some cases.
- Added the possibility to use empty password for PPPoE network
connections.
* Added support for controlling most player functions via USB keyboard and
USB mouse.
- Various keyboard buttons (such as LEFT, RIGH, UP, DOWN, ENTER, BACK,
PageUp, PageDown, etc) are handled the same way as the corresponding
RC buttons.
- Mouse movements are handled as LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN actions.
- Mouse left button presses are handled as ENTER.
- Mouse right button presses are handled as RETURN.
- NOTE: Text input using a keyboard in text fields in setup and file
browser is not supported yet.
* Added support for "Dune HD Qwerty" device (compact wireless keyboard +
touchpad + remote with a RF USB dongle).
- NOTE: The support is preliminay, although most functions work, some
potential functions do not work yet.
* Improved handling of remote controls and IR signals.
- All IR codes expect codes from Dune HD remotes should be ignored now
in all cases (so, pressing any button on 3-party remote control should
not interrupt the screensaver) (except when 3-party remotes use the
same the same IR codes as Dune HD remotes).
- Added a Setup option to disable the compatibility with old kinds of
Dune HD remotes (Setup / Miscellaneous / Advanced / Old remote
support). (May be helpful if some 3-party remotes use the same IR
codes as old kinds of Dune HD remotes).
- Some other improvements in IR signal decoding and handling.
* Added support for working with favorites without system storage.
- When the system storage is not attached, the list of favorites is
stored (without associated icons) in the internal flash memory (the
same memory as used for storing all player settings).
- NOTE: If some favorites are added when the system storage is not
attached, and after that the system storage is attached, the internal
flash memory still will be used to store the list of favorites.
* Various other improvements.
- Bugfix: adding shortcut (favorite) did not work when the filename
contained a specific character.
- Some previously missing characters added to fonts.
- Some interface languages added/updated.
- Some other improvements/fixes.

Changes since 110127_2105_beta:

- Bugfix: Specific M2TS files could not be played.
- Bugfix: Specific MP4 files (such as files from specific video cameras)
could be played without sound on HDMI output.
- Bugfix: DVB-T channels scan failed in specific cases in some
countries/locations.
- Bugfix: icons loading could fail in some cases for some applications
(such as KartinaTV).

Changes since 101201_1626:

* Various playback improvements.
- Bugfix: Specific MP3 files were playing with distortions when played
during photo viewing.
- Bugfix: Specific AVI files with AC3 audio were playing without sound,
and no file with audio could be played afterwards.
- Bugfix: Specific AVI files with H.264 video were not playing, and no
other video file could be played afterwards.
- Improvement: unsupported non-LC AAC audio tracks in MKV are not shown
in the list of audiotracks to avoid confusing the user.
- Bugfix: Specific AVI files with AAC audio could not be played
correctly.
- Added support for playback and recorinding of A/V streams based on MMS
protocol (useful for MMS-based Internet Radio and Internet Video
resources).
* Added support for MMS audio/video streaming protocol.
- Useful for MMS-based Internet Radio and Internet Video resources.
- Both playback and recording of MMS streams is supported.
- Usage: launch playback of MMS URL ("mms://...") via .M3U playlist file
or in any other way supported by Dune.
* Volume control improvements.
- Added a new setting "Audio / Volume control" with the following
possible values:
- "Off". Volume control is completely disabled. The volume level is
fixed at 100% (0dB) and the player does not perform any
modifications of the digital audio signal.
- "Best quality". The default setting. The user is allowed to control
the volume in the safe range till 0dB (ensuring no audio
distortions on all audio content). When needed for specific files,
it is also possible to temporarily overcome the 0dB limit by
pressing and holding "V+" RC button for several seconds (the
increase volume level takes effect only for the current playback
session and is automatically reset to 0dB when the playback session
finishes).
- "Allow overload". The setting corresponding to the behavior taking
place in previous firmware versions. The user is allowed to set the
volume to values greater than 0dB. Depending on played content,
this may lead to severe audio distortions and thus is not
recommended.
- Added a new setting "Audio / Volume indication" with the following
possible values:
- "Percents". The default setting. The volume level is shown as
[0..100%] (corresponding to [-48..0dB] range). When the volume
level is set to 100%, the player does not perform any modifications
of the digital audio signal. Overloaded volume level is shown as
(100..150%] (corresponding to (0..+24dB] range).
- "Decibels". The setting corresponding to the behavior taking place
in previous firmware versions. The volume level is shown in
decibels.
- Volume control for background audio during photo viewing is
implemented in the same way as for regular file playback.
- NOTE: As in previous firmware versions, the player can apply volume
control only to PCM audio signal (i.e. when playing PCM audio tracks
or audio tracks which are decoded by the player itself); when using
"bitstream" audio output mode and playing audio tracks supporting
bitstream output, the volume control does not take any affect. When
A/V receiver is used, it is recommended to control the volume using
the A/V receiver.
* Other OSD improvements.
- When performing time navigation using LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN/P+/P- RC
buttons (in file/DVD playback mode), the OSD does not only show the
selected playback position, but also shows the offset from the current
playback position.
- Certain notification OSD elements, such as volume control and certain
information messages can now be quickly hidden by pressing any
non-relevant RC buttons (no need to wait for autohide timeout).
* Added IP Control possibilities (control the player from iPhone etc).
- A simple HTTP protocol allows to control the player from network
(start/stop playback of the given media resources, control the
playback, check current player status, emulate RC button presses,
etc).
- Applications for various devices can be created based on this IP
Control procotol. Several such applications are already announced /
provided (e.g.: applications for iPhone/iPad, integration with
Control4 smart home systems).
- More information: http://dune-hd.com/support/ip_control
* Added new UI customization possibilities (for "dune_folder.txt"
applications).
- Added a possibility to load icons shown in the right panel of the
"extended list view" asynchronously. When this feature is enabled,
navigation in such folders becomes much faster.
- Syntax:
- async_icon_loading = yes
- Added "icon_archive" feature, allowing to download a collection of
icons/images from an HTTP server once when entering certain folder,
and cache it in the player (in System Storage), that allows to
significantly improve the performance.
- Syntax:
- icon_archive.{n}.name = {name}
- icon_archive.{n}.url = {HTTP-URL-to-TGZ-archive}
- icon_path = icon_archive://{name}/{file-path-in-archive}
- When a new version of the icon archive is deployed on the HTTP
server, a modified URL should be used for it, then the player will
automatically reload the icon archive next time when the user opens
the folder.
* Setup usability improvements.
- When the user tries to exit "Video" or "Network" setup screen with
unsaved changes, a warning dialog is shown. The user is asked to
either apply the changes, discard the chances, of cancel the action.
- When selecting WiFi network connection type, the WiFI settings dialog
is shown automatically.
- When selecting PPPoE network connection type, the PPPoE settings
dialog is shown automatically.
- The setting "Analog audio output mode" is renamed to "Audio decoding
mode" (since it affects both analog audio outputs and HDMI audio
output).
- The setting "Maximum S/PDIF sample rate" is renamed to "Maximum
digital outputs sample rate" (since it affects both S/PDIF and HDMI
audio outputs).
- Online firmware upgrade function does not require an attached storage
device (such as USB flash drive) any more.
* Added built-in functions for management of System Storage.
- New Setup page "Miscellaneous / System Storage" provides the following
functions:
- "Initialize System Storage": allows to initialize the system
storage if it is not configured yet. Two possibilities are
provided: create the system storage on an empty storage device (USB
flash drive, SD card, an already existing HDD partition), or
partition an empty HDD into system storage and user data
partitions. Usage instructions:
- The system lists all found empty 1GB+ storages.
- Select the desired storage.
- If the selected storage's capacity is less than 100GB, the
entire storage is initialized as the system storage.
- Otherwise, if the selected storage is 100GB+ storage device, it
is partitioned into two partitions, the first partition is
initialized as the system storage, and the second partition is
kept unformatted (to format it, select it in the file browser
and press ENTER).
- "Deinitialize System Storage": allows to deinitialize the system
storage if it is already configured.
- "Clear System Storage": deletes all data stored on the system
storage. This, in particular, includes Blu-ray cache, main screen
shortcuts, content of Internet Radio and IPTV folders.
* Added support for "Flash Memory Storage" - an area of main flash
memory that can be used to store data instead of System Storage in some
cases.
- Flash Memory Storage currently can be used to store the following
data:
- Data cache for dune_folder.txt applications utilizing
"icon_archive" function (graphics packages downloaded from
Internet).
- Data cache for KartinaTV application (graphics and some other
information downloaded from Internet).
- For all other kinds of data that can be stored in System Storage,
Flash Memory Storage can not be used, and System Storage is still
required. This includes, in particular: Blu-ray cache, main screen
shortcuts, content of Internet Radio and IPTV folders.
- In future, it is planned to allow to use Flash Memory Storage for more
player functions.
- The purpose of Flash Memory Storage is that it makes it easy to use
the corresponding player functions for the users not having System
Storage attached. When System Storage is available, Flash Memory
Storare is not used (System Storage is used instead).
- Flash Memory Storage availability and capacity depends on a particular
Dune model.
- Dune HD Max, Dune HD Duo: Flash Memory Storage is always available
and its capacity is ~100MB (due to total 256MB of main flash memory
in these models).
- Dune HD Base 3.0, Dune BD Prime 3.0, Dune HD Smart D1/H1/B1: Flash
Memory Storage can be enabled/disabled (disabled by default) and
its capacity is ~16MB. Enabling Flash Memory Storage is performed
automatically when it is needed for the first time, or can be
performed manually via Setup. When Flash Memory Storage is enabled,
some optional firmware components (asian fonts) are removed from
the flash memory. When firmware is reinstalled/updated, Flash
Memory Storage becomes disabled again and these optional firmware
components are restored automatically (until Flash Memory Storage
is required again by some application). If these optional firmware
components are required, Flash Memory Storage can not be used
(System Storage should be used instead).
- Dune HD Lite 53D: Flash Memory Storage is always available and its
capacity is ~16MB.
- Setup section "Miscellaneous / System Storage" allows to see the
current status of Flash Memory Storage and provides the following
functions:
- "Enable Flash Memory Storage": allows to enable Flash Memory
Storage (only for Dune models where Flash Memory Storage is
optional, other Dune models have Flash Memory Storage always
enabled).
- "Clear Flash Memory Storage": deletes all data from Flash Memory
Storage.
* Improved "Reset Settings" function.
- The confirmation dialog includes the information that player reboot
will be performed.
- Added clearing of all user-related data stored by the player in System
Storage (including main screen shortcuts and cached icon archive
data). NOTE: the content of Internet Radio and IPTV folders is not
cleared automatically (since these folders may contain files important
for the user); if needed, these folders can be cleared manually.
- Added clearing of all data in Flash Memory Storage.
* Integrated "KartinaTV" Internet TV service.
- More information: http://dune-hd.com/support/kartina_tv
* Various other improvements.
- The function of quick video mode choosing now provides feedback using
the LED on the front panel of the player:
- When the function is activated: the LED blinks once.
- When the user cancels the function: the LED blinks once.
- When a new video mode is chosen: the LED blinks 2 times.
- When the user confirms the new video mode: the LED blinks 3 times.
- The function of checking EXT2 filesystem now correctly reports an
error when the user tries to use it on an HDD with capacity exceeding
the maximum supported limit.
- Some interface languages added/updated.
- Some other improvements/fixes.